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Retired Forest Park Lt. hit by car while leading funeral procession on motorcycle

Police say a retired police lieutenant from the Forest Park Police Department on a motorcycle was struck while leading a funeral procession in the West End. The incident happened on West Liberty and Lockhurst Lane shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Updated: 8:16 PM EDT Mar 28, 2015

Retired Forest Park Lt. hit by car while leading funeral procession on motorcycle

Police say a retired police lieutenant from the Forest Park Police Department on a motorcycle was struck while leading a funeral procession in the West End. The incident happened on West Liberty and Lockhurst Lane shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Updated: 8:16 PM EDT Mar 28, 2015

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WEBVTT WLWT-TV]ANCHOR:ANOTHER BLOW TOEMERGENCY WORKERS IN GREATERCINCINNATI.A POLICE OFFICER IS CRITICALLYINJURED WHILE LEADING A FUNERALPROCESSION.THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.I AM IN FOR COURTIS FULLER.THAT FUNERAL PROCESSION WASLEAVING A CHURCH ON THE WEST ENDAND HEADED TOWARDS A CEMETERYWHEN THE OFFICER WAS INJURED.WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT.THE RETIRED OFFICER BEINGTREATED.FIRST WE GO TO WLWT NEWS 5'STAMMY MUTASA, WHO HAS MORE ONWHAT CAUSED THIS TERRIBLEACCIDENT.TAMMY: THE SCENE IS CLEAR NOW.I'M STANDING A FEW FEET AWAYFROM WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED.CINCINNATIPOLICE SAY THERETIRED LIEUTENANT WAS LEADINGTHE PROCESSION GOING WEST ONLIBERTY WHEN A CAR PULLED OUT INFRONT AND T-BONED THE MOTORCYCLE.IT JUST BROKE MYHEART.HE WAS NEXT TO ME, HE HAD HISSIRENS ON, CAR CREEPING OUT.HE COULD NOT STOP.HE WENT RIGHT INTO THE CAR,MOTORCYCLE DROPPED AND FLEW ALLTHE WAY DOWN THE ROAD.I JUMPED OUT THE CAR AND RAN ATRY TO DO CPR.TAMMY: WITHIN MINUTES,MOURNERSIN A FUNERAL PROCESSION WERERUSHING TO HELP AFTER THE CRASH.POLICE SAYAROUND 1:00 P.M. THEDRIVER OF THIS CAR PULLED OUT OFLAW CURSED ONTO LIBERTY STREETAND COLLIDED WITH THE MOTORCYCLEESCORT.CPD CONFIRMSA RETIRED POLICEOFFICER FROM FOREST PARK POLICEDEPARTMENT WAS WRITING THEMOTORCYCLE.WITNESSES SAY HE WAS THROWN10TO 12 FEET INTO THE AIR BEFORELANDING SEVERAL YARDS AWAY ONTHE STREET.MOURNERS RAN TO GIVE THE RETIREDLIEUTENANT CPR AND CALL 911.POLICE SAY FIRST RESPONDERSRUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WITHLIFE-THREATENING INJURIES TO HISHEAD.THE IMPACT WAS SO GREATTHATI JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.WE'RE JUST GOING TO PRAY FORHIM.THE YOUNG MAN DID NOT HAVE NOPATIENCE.EVERYBODY HAD THEIR EMERGENCYLIGHTS ON.ALL THESE YOUNG FOLKS HAVE GOTTO DO IS WAIT.IT ONLY TAKES A SPLIT SECOND TOMAKE A MISTAKE AND IT MIGHT HAVECOST THIS MAN HIS LIFE.TAMMY: CHARGESHAVE NOT BEENFILED AGAINST THE DRIVER TODAY.INVESTIGATORS TELL US IT WILL BEUP TO THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.TAMMY MUTASA, WLWT NEWS 5.ANCHOR: WLWT NEWS 5'S RICHARDCHILDS HAS BEEN COVERING THISSTORY SINCE IT BROKE THISAFTERNOON.HE IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH MOREFROM UC MEDICAL CENTER.RICHARD: A DIFFICULT ANDEMOTIONAL SCENE AT UNIVERSITYMEDICAL CENTER.SEVERAL MOTORCYCLE UNITS FROMTHROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE BEENHERE AT UNIVERSITY MEDICALCENTER THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.SEVERAL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN GOINGIN AND OUT.THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULTDAY AND WEEK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENTAND FIRST RESPONDERS FOLLOWINGTHE DEATH OF FIREFIGHTER DARRYLGORDON.THIS SCENE UNFOLDING EARLIERTHIS AFTERNOON, CINCINNATIPOLICE TRAFFIC UNIT CONTINUINGTHEIR INVESTIGATION.A VERY DIFFICULT SCENE.WHEN IT IS A FELLOW POLICEOFFICER THEY CERTAINLY CONTINUETHE INVESTIGATION WITH AHEIGHTENED LEVEL OF CERTAINTY.WE ARE STILL DOING THEINVESTIGATION, DEPENDING ON IFTHERE ARE AGGRAVATEDCIRCUMSTANCES WITH IT RATE ITCOULD RISE TO A FELONY, IT COULDBE A MISDEMEANOR.IT DEPENDS ON WHAT OCCURS WITHTHE INJURED MOTORCYCLE RIDER.RICHARD: AT THIS TIME THEINVESTIGATION CONTINUES.WE SPOKE WITH FOLKS FROM THECINCINNATI TRAFFIC UNIT.THEY SAY THE INVESTIGATION WILLBE ONGOING AS THEY CONTINUE TODETERMINE WHY THE INDIVIDUAL MAYHAVE GONE INTO THAT PROCESSION.AS FOR THEOFFICER AT UNIVERSITYMEDICAL CENTER, AT THIS TIME WEDO NOT HAVE WORD ON HISCONDITION, WHEN HE WAS

Retired Forest Park Lt. hit by car while leading funeral procession on motorcycle

Police say a retired police lieutenant from the Forest Park Police Department on a motorcycle was struck while leading a funeral procession in the West End. The incident happened on West Liberty and Lockhurst Lane shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday.